Pahal Design

Symbiosis Institute of design

Constituent of Symbiosis International University, Symbiosis Institute of Design creates an alcove to germinate your design thoughts to unleash your design skills on a prosperous dais.
This creative dais aims at creating experts who can with their creative impulse get intoxicated within the ecstasy of design finally to participate and contribute to the most vibrant and the competitive race of design.
The work ambience enables one to explore the authentic conventional skills and the ethnic non-conventional skills, with no compromise to lead ahead the rooted traditions of art to grow with the contemporary world of design.
The tasks designed more as design schemes or ventures therein highly emphasizes to evaluate the students standard in pace with the day to day performances.

Admission Procedure

Admission for the new batch of B. Des Program (Batch 2014-18) beginning from Academic Year 2014-15

Admission Procedure for the First Year
For Indian Students

All Indian students are required to take the Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET 2014), which will be held on May 3, 2014 (Saturday). No candidate is entitled to seek admission to SID without a valid SET score.

How to appear for SET?
Register online for SET 2014 at www.set-test.org. Facility of payment of SET fee and printing of Admit Card is available online. A student aspiring to pursue an undergraduate program at Symbiosis needs to follow the steps mentioned below:

How to apply
Step 1 Register online for SET 2014 by paying Rs. 1500/- and appear for the test on May 3, 2014. You may visit www.set-test.org for further details.
Step 2 Simultaneously, apply online to SID for registering your candidature for B. Des program. Click here
Use your SET ID and password to Login and register online for SID. Payment of Rs. 1000/- towards registration to B. Des program of SID has to be made using the mode of payments available online.
Step 3 If you are making payment of Rs. 1000/- by DD, Login using your SET ID and password Click here to print the payment advice; put your signature and send it to Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune. Payment advice along with the payment instrument (DD) should reach the institute before the due date as mentioned in the Important Dates table.
Please note that a candidate has to apply for “SET” online at www.set-test.org and to the institute (SID) at www.sid.edu.inseparately and both registrations are must to be considered for further selection process.

Admission to SID will be according to the following process

Level 1 SET for Design 2014. The result of SET for Design will be put up on the SET website as per the schedule. If a candidate qualifies SET 2014, he/she would be eligible to appear for SID’s Studio Test.
Level 2 Studio Test will be conducted only at SID, Pune campus from 1st June to 5th June 2014. If a candidate qualifies the Studio Test, he/she is eligible to appear for Personal Interaction.
Level 3 Personal Interaction would be followed from 1st June to 5th June 2014.

Final selection would be based on the cumulative performance of the candidate in SET for Design, Studio Test and Personal Interaction as well as on the basis of the information provided by the candidate in the application form and his/her first preference of the disciplines offered.

For International Students

All the admissions for international Students are handled only through the Symbiosis International Office. To know the detailed admission procedure for Degree Program of Design, a student needs to log on to website www.scie.ac.in or write us on [email protected]

Contact (for International Admissions only)

Symbiosis Centre for International Education (SCIE)
Senapati Bapat Road, Pune – 411004
Maharashtra, India
Tel: +91 20 25671905
Fax: +91 20 25659209

SET

About the Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET) and how to prepare for it

SET for Design is a design aptitude test examining color, geometry, visual observations, creative thinking abilities, general design awareness, awareness on Indian culture, craft and traditions, etc. The question paper would consist of objective questions with multiple choices and would have following structure:

Section Subjects No. of Questions Max. Marks
1 Objective questions on color, geometry, visual observations, creative thinking abilities, general design awareness, awareness on Indian culture, craft and traditions etc. 150 150
Total 150 150
Eligibility Criteria

A candidate must have passed 10+2 (any stream; eg. Science, Commerce, Arts, etc.) or equivalent OR 10+3 diploma approved by State Board of Technical Education with minimum 50% aggregate marks obtained in the final examination to be eligible for the above-mentioned program.

A candidate appearing for the final examination of 10+2 grade or 10+3 Diploma program may also apply provided the results of the examination should have been declared by June of the admission year or prior to be eligible for the above mentioned program.

The candidate should possess Creative Aptitude & Skills necessary to pursue Design Education as well as adoptability to the situations, which the profession demands.

Candidates with the relevant portfolio would be preferred.

Student Intake

Sr. No. Discipline Indian Students International Students Total
1 Communication Design 70 10 80
2 Industrial design 50 5 55
3 Fashion Design 30 5 35
4 Textile Design 25 5 30
5 Fashion Communication 25 5 30
Total 200 30 230

Seat Allocation (As per Reservation Policy of SIU)

Category Reservation % No. of Seats
Within the sanctioned intake
SC 15% 30
ST 7.5% 15
Differently abled 3.0% 6
Over and above sanctioned intake
Kashmiri Migrants 2

Note: Seats available would be offered strictly on the basis of Merit and Reservations to the deserving candidates. It is not obligatory for SID to fill all the available seats.

Admission Schedule

Important Dates

Activity Date / Period
Online Registration for SET at www.set-test.org begins February 14, 2014
Last date for online registration to SET April 13, 2014
Payment for SET closes April 16, 2014
Online Application to SID at www.sid.edu.in begins February 17, 2014
Last date for online application to SID May 10, 2014
Last date for receipt of application money by DD along with payment advice at SID May 15, 2014
Admit Card April 21 to May 03, 2014
SET Test May 03, 2014
Declaration of SET for Design result at www.set-test.org May 19, 2014
Short list of candidates for Studio Test at www.sid.edu.in May 23, 2014
Studio Test and Personal Interaction at SID, Pune June 1 to June 5, 2014
Declaration of First Merit List June 07, 2014
Registration period for the First Merit List Candidates June 10 to June 14, 2014
Last date for Registration to the Programme June 25, 2014
Commencement of the Programme (Tentative) July 01, 2014
Note: Candidates on waiting list would be considered for provisional admission in the order of merit list depending on the vacancies after June 15, 2014.

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Registration to SID